Fæddur / Born 1954 Reykjavík, Iceland
Býr og starfar í Reykjavík / Lives and works in Reykjavik, Iceland
MENNTUN / EDUCATION
1971 – 1975 Myndlista og handíðaskóli Íslands (kennaradeild).
1977 Edinburgh College of Art – University of Edinburgh, Edinborg, Skotland, Stóra Bretland.
1978 Myndlista og handíðaskóli Íslands (deild í mótun – Magnús Pálsson – Robert Filliou).
1979 – 1980 Ateneum Suomen Kuvataideakatemian Koulu (grafík), Helsinki, Finnland.
1980 – 1983 Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Holland. (Mixed media-video).
EINKASÝNINGAR / SOLO SHOWS
2019 Megi þá helvítis byltingin lifa / Let the Bloody Revolution Live, Hverfisgallerí, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2018 Pareidolia, Hverfisgallerí, Reykjavik, Iceland
2017 Kvenhetjan – The Heroine, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
2016 Guli eyrnalokkurinn – The Yellow Earring, Gallery GAMMA, Reykjavík, Iceland
2015 Bein í skriðu – Bones in a Landslide, Gallery Better Weather, Reykjavík, Iceland
2015 BICALUTAMIDE, Listasafn Reykjavíkur, Hafnarhúsið, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014 Frábært tilboð, Fabulous Deal – Harbinger gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014 Maðurinn sér sig ekki, Gló Restaurant, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014 Medusa, Týs gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014 Kellingin/Das altes Weib, Emerson gallery, Berlin, Germany
2012 Hervarar saga og Heiðreks 1987, Kunstschlager Kunst Schlager gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2010 The Sheep House Mystery, Nygard farm, Dale, Sogn og Fjordene, Norway
2010 We R the Others, Emerson Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2009 We are the others/others are we, Gallery 100, Reykjavík Energy, Reykjavík, Iceland
2009 Drawings and sketches, Gallery Agust, Reykjavík Iceland
2008 ENVIRONMENT/REVOLUTION, Max Protetch, New York, USA
2008 The Golden Plover Has Arrived, Hafnarhús, Reykjavík, Iceland
2008 Four works, Nordatlantens Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 Icelandic visual arts, Skaftafell, Seyðisfjördur, Iceland
2007 Lóan er komin – The Golden Plover Has Arrived, The Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2006 In Retrospect, National Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2006 Bein í skriðu – Bones in a Landslide, 101 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2005 Cowboys and Indians, Kunstraum Whonraum, Akureyri, Iceland
2005 Bein í skriðu – Bones in a Landslide, Gallery Plús, Akureyri, Iceland
2005 Undir linditrénu – Under the Linden Tree, Gallery Banananas, Reykjavík, Iceland
2004 Fýkur yfir hæðir, 101 gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2004 After image, Gallery 21, Malmo, Sweden
2004 After image, Gallery Kling og Bang, Reykjavík, Iceland
2003 Of nam af fiðurfé og van – Poultry ways she developed and means, Gallery Hlemmur, Reykjavík, Iceland
2001 Projection, OBK gallery, Oslo, Norway
2001 Vörpun – Projection, Kópavogur Art Museum, Kópavogur, Iceland
2000 Breytt ástand – Altered state, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1999 Grýla, National and University Library of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
1998 Laugavegur 22, Reykjavík, Iceland
1997 Gallery Gulp, Reykjavík, Iceland
1997 Sinners activation, Nelly’s Caffe, Reykjavík, Iceland
1997 Gömul og ný verk (Old and New), Urbania, Reykjavík, Iceland
1997 Ný verk, the Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1996 Heimur Jons Magnussonar, Gallery Hlust, Reykjavík, Iceland
1995 Silfurskottumaðurinn, Deiglan, Akureyri, Iceland
1994 Silfurskottumaðurinn, Kaffi list, Reykjavík, Iceland
1994 Pílagrímsferð Stefaníu Georgsdóttur – Pilgrimage of Stefanía Georgsdóttir, Gallery Mokka, Reykjavík, Iceland
1993 Hetjur – Heroes, Gallery II, Reykjavík, Iceland
1992 Ný verk – New Work, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1987 Völsungasaga, Gallerí svart á hvítu, Reykjavík, Iceland
1986 1001 orð – 1001 Words, The Living Art Museum. Reykjavík, Iceland
1984 Málverk og teikningar – Paintings and Drawings, Espace Un, Geneva, Swiss
1983 Travel paintings, HCAK galleri, den Haag, Holland
1983 Fljót dauðans – The River of Death, Gallerí bakvið bókaskáp á heimili Tuma Magnússonar, Reykjavík, Iceland
1983 Drawings, Gallery A, Amsterdam, Holland
1982 The Artist choice, den Haag Gemmentemuseum, den Haag, Holland
1979 Consumption, University of Essex Gallery, England
1978 Teikningar – Drawings, gallery Sudurgata 7, Reykjavík, Iceland
1977 Málverk og teikningar – Paintings and Drawings, Gallery Sudurgata 7, Reykjavík, Iceland
SAMSÝNINGAR / GROUP SHOWS
2017 Bókstaflega – Literally, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
2016 Psychoanalysis, Art and the Occult, Cnadid Art s Trust, London, GB
2016 TEXTI – TEXT, Listasafn Íslands, National Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2016 St. Hospitality Exhibition Series, Breed Art Studios, Amsterdam, Holland
2015 MOMENTUM 8, Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway
2015 SAGA – ÞEGAR MYNDIR TALA, Listasafn Íslands, Reykjavík, Iceland
2015 Nýmálað/Just Painted II, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014 Töfrafjallið/Magic Mountain, Art in Translation, Norræna húsið, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014 Töfrafjallið/Magic Mountain, Úthverfa, Ísafjörður, Iceland
2014 S7 – Suðurgata >> Árbær (ekki á leið) / S7 – Suðurgata >> Árbær (not in service), Reykjavík Arts Festival, Árbær, Iceland
2014 Your Compound View – Selection from the collection from 1970–2010, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2014 LOSTASTUNDIN – LUST HOUR, gallery Kunstschlager, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014 SAGA on Iceland – Art and Narration, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany
2013 Merry Melancholy, NORDIC ART STATION 2013, Eskillstuna, Sweden
2013 Late and Early, RSA 187th Annual Exhibition Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2013 TREKK Icelandic contemporary art, Sogn of Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Forde, Norway
2013 JOHNNY´S #2 CELEBRATION!, Saltfélagið, Reykjavík, Iceland
2013 Tilraun til að beisla ljósið, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
2012 Kjerringen og Rúsi Sæng, Tidens Krav gallery, Oslo, Norway
2012 The Leyline Project – (I)ndependent people, Reykjavík Arts Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland
2012 Opening of Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Norway
2012 Ölvuð af Íslandi, National gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
2012 DE UTVALGTE, Gallery Knipsu, Bergen, Norway
2012 Þá og nú, then and now, National gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík,Iceland
2011 Nordic Art Today, Conceptual Debts, Broken Dreams and New Horizons Loft Project ETAGI, St Petersburg, Russia
2011 Emerson gallery Berlin, Fluxus und seine Freunde, Art-Fair Cologne, Germany
2011 Faster and Slower Lines, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík, IcelandPlain, Gymnasia Herzliya, Herzliya, Israel
2011 LÆSI / LITERACY, Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2011 Works on paper, Gallery Ágúst, Reykjavík, Iceland
2011 Zaaien en wieden, Volkscultuur in hedendaagse kunst, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, Holland
2011 Vårutstilling, Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Forde, Norway
2011 Lys i gamle hus, Dale i Sunnfjord, Norway
2011 Kjarvalsdeildin, Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2010 The Vevring exhibition 2010, Vevring, Norway
2010 Að elta folk og drekka mjólk, Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
2009 The Orgone Box, Mosfellsbær library gallery, Iceland
2009 Iceland meets Berlin, Emerson gallery, Berlin, Germany
2009 ISLANDBOX – Icelandic art at the Venice biennale, Nordische Botschaften Felleshus, Berlin, Germany
2009 Myth and Mandala, Gerðarsafn, Kópavogur, Iceland
2009 „Säen und jäten“, Städtische Galerie, Ravensburg, Germany
2009 Days of art and love, Nordic House, Reykjavík Arts festival, Iceland
2008 The name of God, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
2008 Sjónlist 2008 (The Icelandic Visual Arts Awards 2008) Akureyri Art Museum, Iceland
2008 Recent Icelandic Art, The American-Scandinavian Foundation, N.Y., USA
2008 Bye Bye Iceland, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
2007 Samsýning (Group Exhibition), Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
2007 Oh, My God, Westfossen Kunstlaborarium, Norway
2007 Carnegie Art Award 2006, Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 Dreamland Burns, Mucsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
2006 Crumpled Darkness, Ace art inc., Winnipeg, Canada
2006 Quantity is Quality, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2006 Carnegie Art Award 2006, Royal College of Art, London, England
2006 Carnegie Art Award 2006, Hafnarhus, Reykjavík, Iceland
2006 Carnegie Art Award 2006, Centre International d’Art Contemporarin, Carros, France
2006 Carnegie Art Award 2006, Konstakademien, Stockholm, Sweden
2006 Carnegie Art Award 2006, Meilahiti Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2006 Tilfinningar (Emotions), The Reykjavík Academy, Reykjavík, Iceland
2005 Carnegie Art Award 2006, Heine-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
2005 Myndasöagur (Comic Strips), Hafnarhús, Reykjavík, Iceland
2004 Carnegie Art Award 2004, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finnland
2004 Carnegie Art Award 2004, Victoria Miro Warehouse, London, England
2004 Isj/Ice, Museum Dhont-Dhaenens, Belgium
2004 Art Contemporain Islandais, Espace d’Art Contemporain Gustave Fayet, Serignan, France
2004 Carnegie Art Award 2004, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004 Carnegie Art Award 2004, Kunstnerens Hus, Oslo, Norway
2004 Scratch, Haze Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
2004 Effect of Fluxus in Iceland, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
2003 Carnegie Art Award 2004, Konstepidemien, Gothenburg, Sweden
2003 Carnegie Art Award 2004, Kópavogur Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2003 Íslensk list fra 1960–1980 (Icelandic Art from 1960–1980), National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
2002 Art from the last Century, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
2002 Allir í butane – All in the Boats, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2002 Hvalreki, Alma Lov Museum, Sweden
2002 Hvalreki – Stranding of a Whale, Ljósafoss, Landsvirkjun, Iceland
2001 Wild Bunch, Skaftfell, Seyðisfjördur, Iceland
2000 Strandlengjan – The Coast Line, Myndhöggvarafélagið, Reykjavík, Iceland
1999 Icelandic Art, Kultur Bahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf, Germany
1999 Myndir á sýningu – Pictures at an Exhibition, Minjasafn Austurlands, Egilsstaðir, Iceland
1999 I want to see this, pictures chosen by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson producer, Gerðuberg Culture Centre, Reykjavík, Iceland
1999 Myndasögur – Comic Strips, Nordic House, Reykjavík
1998 Vacation, installment in cooperation with Margrét Blöndal and Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1998 Station to Station, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík,Iceland
1998 Documents, Hotel Gallery, Zurich, Swiss
1998 Exhibition for Everything, in memoriam of Dieter Roth, Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
1998 Flögð og fögur skinn, Reykjavík
1998 Icelandic art, Studeo gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1998 New Resources, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
1998 Living artists, dead things, performance art in cooperation with Jón Sæmundur, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1997 List 97 – Art 97, Hafnarhús, Reykjavík, Iceland
1997 Unglingurinn í skóginum – The Teenager in the Forest, Gallery Nema hvad, Reykjavík, Iceland
1997 Roundabout, Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld, Swiss
1997 ON Iceland, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1997 The 20th birthday of Suðurgata 7, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1997 Icelandic Contemporary Art, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík, Iceland
1997 Sparistellið – The Fine China, The Hafnarfjörður Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
1997 Kompudagar – Storage Days, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1996 New Resources, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík, Iceland
1996 The final show, Gallery Greip, Reykjavík, Iceland
1996 Blood of Christ, Gallery i8, Reykjavík, Iceland
1995 Teiknimyndasögur – Comic Strip Exhibition, Hamarinn, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
1995 Icelandic Contemporary Art, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík, Iceland
1995 Nordic wells, Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland
1995 Comic Strips as Art, Gallery Greip, Reykjavík, Iceland
1995 Nylo’s anniversary exhibition, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1994 Salon 1994, Gallery Greip, Reykjavík, Iceland
1994 Salon 1994, Deiglan, Akureyri, Iceland
1994 Sculpture/Sculpture/Sculpture, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík, Iceland
1993 Asger Jorn og situationistarnir, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1993 16 dagar – 16 Days, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1993 Changing Rooms, Slunkaríki, Ísafjördur, Iceland
1992 Changing Rooms, Kaffi split, Reykjavík, Iceland
1992 From Nylo’s collection, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1992 Sculpture in the Park, Tragardsforeningen, Gothenburg, Sweden
1991 In Memoriam of Ragnar í Smára, The Labour Union’s Art Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
1989 Fyrir ofan garð og neðan, Reykjavík Arts Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland
1988 Portraits, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík, Iceland
1987 KEX, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
1986 Group Exhibition, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1986 N’ART, Borgarskáli, Reykjavík, Iceland
1985 Gebirge, Gallery Filiale, Basel, Swiss
1984 The Love Animal, Malmo Konsthall, Malmo, Sweden
1983 Group Exhibition, Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík, Iceland
1983 Iceland, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, Holland
1982 Plus est er is mer, Bonnefante Museum, Maastricht, Holland
1982 Biennale de Paris, Paris, France
1982 PARTÝSÝNING / PARTY EXHIBITION, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1981 Group Exhibition, Statdschoburg, Holland
1981 Suðurgata 7 group, Gallery Akumulatory, Poznan, Poland
1981 Video Maart, Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, Holland
1981 Suðurgata 7 group, Bergen Kunstforeningen, Bergen, Norway
1980 Suðurgata 7 group, Kanal2/gallery 38, Copenhagen, Denmark
1980 Suðurgata 7 group, Reykjavík Arts Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland
1980 Suðurgata 7 group, Taidegrafikkoti galleri, Helsinki, Finland
1980 Suðurgata 7 group, New York art expo, New York, USA
1980 Suðurgata 7 group, Gallery Suðurgata 7, Reykjavík, Iceland
1979 Mail Art, U. Carrion, Amsterdam, Holland
1979 Suðurgata 7 group, Gallery Sudurgata 7, Reykjavík, Iceland
1979 “Iceland” Galleria Zona, Florence, Italía
1978 Suðurgata 7 group, Gallery Suðurgata 7, Reykjavík, Iceland
1977 Suðurgata 7 group, Gallery Sudurgata 7, Reykjavík, Iceland
1977 Gallery Solon Islandus, Reykjavík, Iceland
1976 Samsýning/Group Exhibition, Gallerí SÚM, Reykjavík, Iceland
1975 FIM, Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland
